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sarah2438 's review for:
The Female of the Species
by Mindy McGinnis
dark
sad
I can't decide how to rate this. I loved Alex and the beginning was fantastic. And I think there's a good statement to be made here. If the rest of the book had held up to the beginning, this would've been an easy 4 stars. But the message and the story itself get reallyyyyyy watered down by the romance. Jack is not a good love interest. I found him shallow and rude and very similar to the teen boys this book was meant to be a statement against. He repeatedly says derogatory things about Branley, bashing the her for using her sexuality to her advantage, while at other times he rewards the same behavior. Jack wants Alex to be his manic pixie dream girl so bad and I don't think we look as critically as that as we should. Peekay's story was intriguing but I wish it would've been fleshed out more. Instead, her primary role was just to observe Alex. I think this was more disappointing, rather than actually being bad, so 3 stars feels fitting.